In the capital, two unidentified women were killed when a Chandni Travel bus ran them over while they were crossing the road near Parbat area in Gabtoli.
Representational image of accident. Photo: Courtesy
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Representational image of accident. Photo: Courtesy
Eight people, including three women and a child, were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Gazipur and Gopalganj yesterday (11 November)
In the capital, two unidentified women were killed when a Chandni Travel bus ran them over while they were crossing the road near Parbat area in Gabtoli around 10:30am.
Dulal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Darus Salam Police Station, said police recovered the bodies and sent them to a local hospital morgue. They also seized the bus and arrested its driver and helper.
In Gazipur, three people, including a woman and a child, were killed when an unidentified vehicle struck their motorcycle on the Shafipur Flyover in Kaliakair around 2:30pm.
Mohammad Manjur Morshed, officer-in-charge of Naojor Highway Police Station, said police found the bodies of a man, a woman and a child on the flyover. Their identities and the vehicle involved could not immediately be established. Police found no eyewitnesses, and the flyover has no CCTV cameras.
In another accident in Dhaka, a 28-year-old pillion rider, identified as Tausif, was killed after an oil tanker hit his motorcycle from behind near the Khilkhet Police Box.
Motorcycle rider Mohammad Selim said he was taking Tausif from the airport to Hatirpool when the tanker struck them, throwing the pillion rider off the bike. Tausif was first taken to Kurmitola General Hospital and later transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead around 1pm.
Meanwhile, two people, including an 85-year-old freedom fighter, were killed in separate accidents on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj Sadar on Wednesday morning, reports UNB.
The deceased were Freedom Fighter Abdul Sattar Sarker, 85, of Madaripur, and Obaidur Khondokar, 35, of Gopalganj.
SM Muntasir Mahamud, officer-in-charge of Bhatiapara Highway Police Station, said Sattar was travelling to Mongla in a pickup carrying household goods when its driver lost control near Ghonapara Eye Hospital and rammed another pickup from behind. Sattar fell onto the road and was declared dead at Gopalganj General Hospital.
In a separate incident near Bijoypasha bus stand, a truck ran over pedestrian Obaidur, killing him on the spot.
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